Should Saving Stream host their own internal forums?

As is would get my vote. More forums = more time used. With everything in one place it is very easy to scan for updated threads of interest, start splitting off platforms and chances are you will miss something.


(Mods, with all the talk of 'censorship' how come 'Dead Ducks' are allowed past the big red button, I'm sensitive don't you know  ) 

I am extremly surprised to read such a sentence (which is legally purely FALSE) from a moderator.

a) There is no legal requirement for a financial company (and even less for a non-FCA approved one) to run a forum or a discussion venue, or even to participate to one.

b) There is nothing stopping a representative of any company to go and participate to public events (fairs, conferences etc) and/or web venues (fora, interviews, webcasts) expressing his view on some topics.

c) The 'information imbalance' you talk about is a pure invention of yourself, which is legally not defined anywhere.
It is clear and obvious that people following through their Investments via different channels (press, web, tv) will have more success and/or opportunities than those not following it.
But this does not mean that a financial company has to run a forum or to give links out of their site!!!!!! Your conclusion is complete nonsense.

Late but from me NO. Two reasons: here I have all my platforms in one place, easy to follow. Secondly, its free from SS influence and censorship (not they do any, but just in case). 

Maybe if not a forum a proper q and a where questions asked by others are displayed. As I am sure a lot of people ask the same questions which seems pretty pointless not to display them like other sites do.

Another vote for SS to actually use the Q&A screen they already have. While it is advantageous to have information available to us forum users it really should be available to all.  The SS Q&A seems to be very under used.  I'd like to see questions on the facts of a loan answered there so that they can be seen by all and are available to see in the future too i.e. form part of the history of the loan.

I may have it wrong but my memory is that questions only appear once SS has decided that it is of general interest. Personally I think all questions should displayed immediately on the site as the posing of a good question can be very enlightening even when an answer hasn't been produced.

I think if you keep it to questions related to the facts such an approach is an effective use of staff time as it avoids dealing with repeated emails and phone calls and the chance of slightly inconsistent answers.  AC have an active Q&A system and it has resulted in some good Due Diligence.  They take the view that the occasional questions which more opinions/rants are removed and I can understand this.  This forum is a great place for debate but it would be good if it was backed up with an improved Q&A on the SS site.

There is a bit of chicken and egg situation here.  There are few questions posed as they don't seem to get answered on the site but if savingstream committed to making more use of the system then more would be posted on SS site rather than her.